Happy Halloween Everybody!
This month our team spent time helping new affiliates, volunteering on two state exam reviews, performing with children in penguin suits, attending conferences and updating 3 programs (including more than 20 courses!). Feels like there were a full 31 days in this month. We also had our first zombie sighting in months. So there's that.
And during all of that there was still news and information being presented. Here, in absolutely no particular order, are our favorite items.
ARELLO Names Bruce Wooley Investigator of the Year
The Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) is pleased to announce former TREC Chief Investigator, Bruce Wooley has been named 2016 Investigator of the Year by the Association of Real Estate License Law Officials. Click here to read the full story.
Zombies overrun home of sales rep Chris DeLuca
REMOnline posted how there will be a gory zombie doctor’s office, a graveyard with ghosts and zombies, a human meat market, a living dead daycare, a torture chamber and a giant jumping spider all taking over the home of the Sutton Group Heritage sales rep. The event is for a good cause so if you're in the Ontario area we suggest you go.
As for us - Thank you for the heads up - we will NOT be attending. #Zombies
Real Estate Groups Concerned About APB 'Green' Guidance
The Real Estate Roundtable announced Sept. 9 that it led a real estate industry comment letter to the Appraisal Practices Board stating concerns about its first draft of the “voluntary” guideline Valuation of Green and High Performance Property: Commercial, Multifamily and Institutional Properties.
In its letter, the coalition noted several “significant” concerns about the draft. You can read more online by clicking here.
New EcoBroker® Course Launched
From our perspective, one of the most exciting new Continuing Education courses to come along in a while is the new EcoBroker: Trends in Sustainability update course. This new course covers current issues including Solar leases and financial concerns regarding today's Sustainable homes. The course also discusses key risk reduction issues using what EcoBroker® fondly calls the Liability Reduction Paradigm.
Learn more about this new course by clicking here.
Vine. Donzo.
With Twitter announcing that Vine is going the way of the Model A Ford, we wanted to make sure first that all our vines would be saved. Then we saw that "The company insists that they will be working alongside creators to make sure that all questions are answered and that the discontinuation is done “the right way” (if such a thing exists). In the meantime, Vine will be sharing updates and information via their Twitter account."
#DeadOnTheVine
We actually thought that was a pretty good hashtag.
Fun Facts about the World Series
In Game 4 of the world series Jason Kipnis of the Cleveland Indians became only the third player from a visiting team to hit a 3-run home run at Wrigley Field in Chicago, home of the Cubs. Can you guess the other two?
Jimmie Foxx and Babe Ruth. Pretty good club to join Jason - congratulations.
Tour the Haunted Ghost Town That Could Be All Yours (If You Dare)
Zillow Porchlight posted on how you could have an abandoned school, general store, and homes all to yourself ... except for the ghosts. It seems that you'll have to share those. "Along with the sprawling acreage and historic buildings, Johnsonville’s buyers will also be inheriting some ghosts — or at least the stories that people have about them."
As for us, the stories are fine. Not sure about the ghosts, but hey, it's Halloween, right?
Global Real Estate Summit
The Institute of Real Estate Management has already posted a video about next Octobers IREM Global Real Estate Summit.
Collaborate - Innovate - Differentiate is the theme for the Summit which is planned for October 10th, 2017 in Chicago.
Registration opens Spring 2017 - click here for more information. (Ignore the blatant pitch to send the author to Chicago next Fall)
Think we missed a story that we should have included? Let us know. Email us stories at [email protected] and we'll make sure to consider them!
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